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Fix fault tolerance problem

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Nigel Horne authored on 2004/12/22 03:52:00
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@@ -7,11 +7,17 @@ clamav\-milter \- milter compatible mail scanner
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 clamav\-milter [options] socket_address
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 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
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 .LP
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-clamav\-milter is a filter for sendmail mail server. It uses a mail scanning engine built into clamd.
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+Clamav\-milter is a filter for \fBsendmail(1)\fR mail server.
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+It uses a mail scanning engine built into \fBclamd(8)\fR.
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 .LP
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-clamav\-milter requires \fBclamd(8)\fR to run.
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-When starting, clamav\-milter verifies that it can communicate with clamd;
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-if it cannot it terminates.
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+Clamav\-milter can, when configured to use communicate to clamd on other
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+machines, use load balancing and fault tolerant techniques to connect to
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+more than one clamd and seemlessly hot swap to even the load between different
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+servers and to keep scanning for viruses even when a server goes down.
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+When it is configured to use clamd on the the localhost, either through the use
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+of LocalSocket in \fBclamd.conf(5)\fR or the \-\-internal flag (see below),
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+clamav\-milter verifies that it can communicate with clamd; if it cannot, it
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+terminates.
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 .LP
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 clamav\-milter supports tcpwrappers, the value for \fIdaemon_list\fR
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 is "clamav\-milter".
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@@ -20,8 +26,7 @@ The socket_address argument is the socket used to communicate with
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 \fBsendmail(8)\fR.
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 It must agree with the entry in sendmail.cf or sendmail.mc.
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 The file associated with the socket must be createable by clamav\-milter,
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-if the User option is set in
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-\fBclamd.conf(5)\fR,
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+if the User option is set in clamd.conf,
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 then that user must have the rights to create the file.
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 .SH "OPTIONS"
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 .LP
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@@ -212,4 +217,4 @@ clamav\-milter \-ol local:/var/run/clamav/clmilter.sock
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 Nigel Horne <njh@bandsman.co.uk>
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 .SH "SEE ALSO"
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 .LP
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-clamd(8), clamscan(1), freshclam(1), sigtool(1), clamd.conf(5), hosts_access(5)
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+sendmail(1), clamd(8), clamscan(1), freshclam(1), sigtool(1), clamd.conf(5), hosts_access(5)